Rachel (Nevada)
37.643888888889 - 115.74388888889Koordinaten: 37 ° 39 'N, 115 ° 45 ' W
The place Rachel ( Nevada) is located at the south end of the Sand Springs Valley in the characterized by low shrubs Southern Nevada desert, 185 km north-east of Las Vegas in Lincoln County.
Rachel, separated only by a parallel dirt road from Highway 375, is a village of just 100 inhabitants and the nearest civilian residential space outside of Area 51, Rachel is 21 km from the border a closed military zone around the Area 51 and about 43 km from the Area 51 itself is removed. The place was would, explored through the nearby Area 51 since the end of the 1980s, a place of pilgrimage for conspiracy theorists and UFOlogists who suspect there was a place where aliens. A small pub, Little A'Le'Inn, with images of UFO sightings on the walls and an associated stack on the subject of appropriate reading material, invites travelers to rest. Also, food and accommodation are offered there. Some visitors actually had their own encounter of the third kind, in the form of unusual light phenomena along the highway 375, the Extraterrestrial Highway officially called now. However, in most cases, these phenomena were on fighter jets of the training area Nellis Range traced back who carried out along the highway target practice.
The village essentially consists of a trailer park in the center of which is located Mailbox Row, a row of mail boxes, including one for mail from Rachel. The latter exists since 2000. David Dawes and Jessica Landaw created in 1997 a documentary film with the name Rachel, Nevada on the small town.
History
As a founding date of this Rachel March 22, 1978 is believed to be the day on which the Sand Springs Valley was connected to the electricity supply. The village was founded by D. C. Day, who owned a farm nearby and grew alfalfa. It was originally a settlement in connection with a 1988 abandoned tungsten mine. The place was originally called Tempiute Village, later Sand Springs.
Its current name is derived from the name of the first and so far the only in Sand Spring Valley -born child mentioned in a document, a Rachel Jones. Rachel Jones was born on February 15, 1977 in the caravan of her father. Citizens celebrate this year on the second Saturday in May with the Rachel Day on which a small parade is held.
Rachel had his best time, before 1988, the mine was closed, 500 inhabitants.
Economy
Economic fundamentals are now tourism, employment at the air base or a nearby test track and the cultivation of alfalfa to around 20 circular irrigated fields with a diameter of about 800 meters.
The town has two operations: The Little A'Le'Inn and Rachel Senior Center Thrift Store, a small shop for the most necessary things in life.
The formerly operated in the vicinity of Union Carbide tungsten mine Tempiute Tungsten mine is no longer in operation since 1988.
The Quik Pik Mini Mart, one of the founding family of Rachel, the Days, operated gas station, since winter 2006/2007 likewise no longer in operation, as a new owner drove the gas station in 2006 to ruin. The next stations are 60 miles south in Ash Springs or 110 miles north in Tonopah.
The earlier Area 51 Research Center called, founded by Glenn Campbell 1993 store, have been sold in the books, maps and souvenirs, no longer exists since November 2001.